USB Mini Trackball

I’ve never been one for using a trackball but I know many who love them. (Our designer at the theatre swears by them.) I guess where there’s a will there’s a way to miniaturize. This little Evergreen USB mini-trackball might come in handy for those looking to take their trackball on the road. It sure is tiny. It will set you back about $20.

3 Comments

Clayton

Frank

03/26/2009 at 7:15 am

no A trackball is a ball you rotate. The rotation gets detected by mechanical elements or by an optical sensor. A trackpoint is something like a joystick. Simply said: sensors measure the ‘force’ with which you push the knob in a specific direction.

A trackball is one of the cheapest ways to produce a mouse and the worst, too. Because it’s fatiguing, imprecise and slow. Therefore not expensive to produce. A trackpoint is a superior input device, but very expensive and difficult to produce, sadly. It also takes a while to get used to a trackpoint.